The Police: Never Knowingly Right First Time

[douglas9401]

Do they run their utterings past focus groups or summat? Of course it's a 'hate' crime, whatever that is.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-64638653

[jourdain2]

So others are 'friendly' killings are they?

[bednobs]

hate crime has a specific definition
a crime, typically one involving violence, that is motivated by prejudice on the basis of ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, or similar grounds.
the police are investigating if the murder/manslaughter was motivated because of her gender.

[DTCwordfan]

Father Brown proved the ineptness of 'The Plod' - not much has changed. They really need to be assessed for myopia.

[douglas9401]

I know that bednobs, but they didn't at the beginning for whatever twisted logic that goes on in high offices.

[Old_Geezer]

A definition that discriminates/prejudices some crime over similar ones and thus has no place in a civilised society. If one is a victim one doesn't need to be told one's experience is not as serious as someone else's who suffered the same.

[bednobs]

if you know what a hate crime is, why say "it's a 'hate' crime, whatever that is" like you don't?
it's unlikely you are ever going to be able to tell murder victims anything old geezer

[douglas9401]

I know what they think it is but it can differ from me.

Now, don't you have somewhere to fly that flag where it won't frighten the livestock?

[dave50]

A murder is a murder, whatever the motive.

[Old_Geezer]

You can tell the murder victim's family.
Besides not all so called hate crimes involve death.

[bednobs]

but this one does, and similar ones will, so i dont really get your point.
What flag douglas? I was only helping you out as you didnt appear to know what hate crime was

[douglas9401]

The comment was on the original police statements suggesting it wasn't hate related.

[Untitled]

they originally said there was no evidence that the killing was a hate crime.... which is not the same thing as saying it definitely wasn't one...

hope that helps

[youngmafbog]

I find it bizzare how all the armchair sherlocks think the Old Bill tell you everything.

Hers some News - They don't. They also only go on hard facts, not Facebook.